TOKYO, March 16 Kyodo - Emperor Akihito said in an unprecedented video message Wednesday that he is hurt by the devastation caused by last Friday's earthquake and ensuing tsunami, and expressed hop

TOKYO, March 16 Kyodo - Rescue and relief operations continued Wednesday following the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in Japan, with 80,000 Self-Defense Forces personnel, police officers and f

TOKYO, March 17 Kyodo - Japan's nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No.

TOKYO, March 15 Kyodo - The aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake in Japan worsened Tuesday, with fears of the spread of radioactive materials becoming a reality following apparent hydrogen blas

TOKYO, March 15 Kyodo - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 jolted Shizuoka Prefecture and its vicinity, including Tokyo, on Tuesday evening, at a time when Japan is struggling

TOKYO, March 14 Kyodo - Confusion caused by the catastrophic earthquake and massive tsunami spread in Japan on Monday, with a quake-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture suffering another

TOKYO, March 14 Kyodo -     A crisis continued Tuesday at the troubled No. 2 reactor at the quake-hit Fukushima No.

SENDAI, March 13 Kyodo - The death toll from Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern and eastern Japan will likely surpass 10,000, the Miyagi police chief said Sunday as J

TOKYO, March 13 Kyodo - Japanese authorities scrambled Sunday to avert a nuclear disaster, injecting seawater into overheating reactors and relieving the pressure inside at a nuclear power plant in

TOKYO, March 13 Kyodo - Tokyo Electric Power Co.